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A call to action: Preparing a disability-competent health care workforce
Christina Neill Bowen1, Susan M Havercamp2, Sonya Karpiak Bowen3
1Independent Health Policy Contractor, USA.
Healthcare education must improve to meet the needs of people with disabilities. Two key initiatives offer a roadmap for systemic change, ensuring quality care for this underserved population.
Area of Science:
- Health Workforce Development
- Disability Studies
- Healthcare Education
Background:
- People with disabilities represent a significant minority group with unmet healthcare needs.
- Current healthcare workforce lacks adequate preparation to serve individuals with disabilities.
- Existing health education and continuing education curricula have identified gaps.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the unpreparedness of the healthcare workforce to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
- To introduce two initiatives that provide tools for disability-competent care education.
- To identify barriers and propose solutions for systemic change in healthcare education.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing health education curricula.
- Analysis of barriers to progress in disability competency training.
- Examination of two specific initiatives: Disability Competencies from the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education and the Resources for Integrated Care Disability-Competent Care model.
Main Results:
- Significant gaps exist in current health and continuing education regarding disability.
- Two key initiatives offer a structured approach to developing a disability-competent healthcare workforce.
- Barriers to implementing comprehensive disability education have been identified.
Conclusions:
- The Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education's Disability Competencies and the Resources for Integrated Care model provide a clear roadmap for systemic change.
- A call to action is issued for healthcare education, practice, and research to prioritize disability competency.
- Ensuring a prepared healthcare workforce is crucial for providing quality care to people with disabilities.
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